To [John Colby] 2 March [1877]
Summary
Does not think the pistil behaved as JC described, except by mere accident.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Colby |
Date: | 2 Mar [1877] |
Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-10873F |
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- … Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 2 Mar [ …
To ? 13 December [1869]
Summary
Has given the right of translation [of Descent] to Julius Victor Carus of Leipzig, so the recipient should inform Alexander Duncker to communicate with JVC.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | Unidentified |
Date: | 13 Dec [1869] |
Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7028F |
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- … Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 13 Dec [ …
To John Allen 25 May 1847
Summary
Thanks for JS’s note concerning a proposal [concerning some aspect of education of poor children?] which CD has to decline because of his poor health and his work in Natural History.
Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Addressee: | John Allen |
Date: | 25 May 1847 |
Classmark: | The National Library of Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-1090F |
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- … Israel (Abraham Schwadron collection, Schwad 03 04 07) Charles Robert Darwin Down 25 May …
From Joseph Fayrer 30 June 1874
Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 30 June 1874 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.1: 69–72 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9521 |
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- … other with a solution of cobra poison of . 03 gramme Poison to 4 . 6. cubic centimetres …
Smith, C. A. (1827–1907)
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- … as The New Haven Evening Register; Date: 03-17-1894; Volume: LII; Issue: 65; Page: [1]; …
From Joseph Fayrer 6 January 1875
Summary
Encloses results of experiments on influence of snake poison on ciliary action and vegetable protoplasm.
Author: | Joseph Fayrer, 1st baronet |
Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
Date: | 6 Jan 1875 |
Classmark: | DAR 58.2: 71, 73–82, DAR 164: 112 |
Letter no: | DCP-LETT-9806 |
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- … 1. A standard solution of cobra poison: ·03 gramme to 4·6 cubic centimetres of water was …
Darwin, C. R. | (3) |
Fayrer, Joseph | (2) |
Darwin, C. R. | (2) |
Allen, John | (1) |
Colby, John | (1) |
Unidentified | (1) |
Darwin, C. R. | (5) |
Fayrer, Joseph | (2) |
Allen, John | (1) |
Colby, John | (1) |
Unidentified | (1) |
George Douglas Campbell in Commentary

Darwin in letters, 1865: Delays and disappointments
Summary
The year was marked by three deaths of personal significance to Darwin: Hugh Falconer, a friend and supporter; Robert FitzRoy, captain of the Beagle; and William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and father of Darwin’s friend…
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- … ( see letter from Hugh Falconer to Erasmus Alvey Darwin, 3 January 1865 ). Erasmus forwarded his …
- … these alone are unalloyed’ ( letter from J. D. Hooker, 3 February 1865 ). Darwin, now …
- … than anything else. I am able most days to work for 2 or 3 hours & this makes all the difference …
- … the serenity of the Christian world’ (Brewster 1862, p. 3). John Hutton Balfour, though he had sent …
- … of reform and reorganisation ( letter from J. D. Hooker, [3 November 1865] ). The death of …